Axel Scheffler has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus and the measures taken to control it. Published by award-winning independent children’s book publisher, Nosy Crow, and written by staff within the publishing company, the book has had expert input: […]
Ontario extended its state of emergency for another four weeks on Tuesday, as Premier Doug Ford pledged to move more resources to the province’s hard-hit long-term care homes. Ford said the focus of the fight against COVID-19 has shifted to the province’s more than 600 long-term care facilities where more than 1,200 cases of the […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti is seeking to strengthen its health system by developing enhanced cooperation with Canada. This was one topic discussed during a meeting between Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe and the Canadian Ambassador accredited to Haiti, Stuart Savage. During the recent meeting, Savage said he was open to any request from the Haitian Government […]
By David Jessop Speaking recently in New York, the state governor, Andrew Cuomo, gave a frank take on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on people’s lives. “The stress, the emotion, is just incredible, and rightfully so. It is a situation that is one of the most disruptive that I have seen, and it will […]
Editorial Towards a more caring society As the Grim Reaper continues to claim thousands of lives around the word during the current viral pandemic, let us open our eyes and recognize the sobering reality: Canada will never be the quite same after this evil plague leaves us. Leave us it will even if we do […]
On Monday last, Mayor John Tory declared a State of Emergency in Toronto, Canada’s largest city which has seen a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. Tory pointed out that the next few days”are absolutely critical” in the City’s ongoing efforts to slow down the spread of the disease and he called on residents […]
KINGSTON – Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton on Saturday welcomed 140 health care professionals, including 90 specialist nurses, who will help to bolster the country’s frontline staff in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The team from Cuba which was met by the minister on their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport, also […]
By Carlton Joseph At this writing, the global tally of cases of the coronavirus has risen to more than 113,000 and more than 4,000 persons have died of the disease, Sony Pictures closed its offices in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland after it was reported that one of its London employees may have been exposed […]
By Lincoln DePradine A University of Toronto (U of T) professor, who recently moved here from the United States, is warning Canadians about the dangers of “racialized poverty’’, saying it leads to the kind of “structural’’ and “neighbourhood violence’’ that is prevalent in American cities like Chicago. “In Canada, we are moving towards racialized poverty, […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ Rastafarian community will soon be able to lawfully use marijuana in their religious sacrament. During debate in Parliament on the Medical Cannabis Industry Bill – which was passed – Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Dale Marshall said draft legislation to allow the use of cannabis for religious purposes is being […]
